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Is Townsend, MT tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Townsend, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Montana’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Townsend has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Montana’s records.

City of Townsend, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 11.3 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Townsend’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Townsend’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Townsend

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Montana certifies.

The 3 labs Montana certifies closest to Townsend, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Energy Laboratories, Inc.

    Helena, MT · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (406) 442-0711

  • DPHHS State of Montana Environmental Laboratory

    Helena, MT · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (406) 444-3444

  • Alpine Analytical

    Helena, MT · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (406) 449-6282

Montana State Environmental Laboratory: Private well testing packages for bacteria, metals, nutrients, anions, organic chemicals and more, open to the public. Samples can be mailed, sent by the lab's free courier, or dropped off at the lab. Environmental Laboratory, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.

All 36 certified labs for Montana

ZIP codes in Townsend

Which ZIP codes are in Townsend: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Water Laboratory Certification Program, certified laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Townsend

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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